weddings and engagements

I was never one to really think and dream about marriage, kids, and the whole package.
Never wanted to think about getting tied down to one place and a bunch of little things jumping and screaming for your attention. So, never did.
However, as my 25th birthday approaches and the number of 'Oh my God, I am engaged!!' screams of delight pierce my little bubble, i realised i would have to have some of them toddlers in my life, by the next 15 years. Oh dear. Folic Acid, Iron, Vitamins... I guess here I come.

I also started thinking more about the wedding itself. Every little girl wants to get married in a church with bells chiming and choirs singing and flowers scattered at your feet. But the reality is, of course, quite different. As it turns out, culture, tradition, and family determine that wedding of yours. Not that I'm against chinese weddings, but somehow the idea of a large hotel wedding, impersonal and cold, does not in the least bit thrill me to bits. I want a small and personal wedding, where i can take the centre stage (with my husband of course), where i can drink without restraint (hello, it's my wedding), and sing and dance like a fool without worrying about what my relatives think. Yes, unfortunately, it has been that sort of relationship with most of my relatives and i'm not looking forward to sharing one of the milestones in my life with them, thank you very much.

Bitterness aside, i am excited to have good music at my wedding. I started compiling a list of music i would like at my wedding, although i haven't decided which to have the first dance too. I suppose he could decide that one.
Thus far, the list I have conjured includes the following:

Sky - Joshua Radin & Ingrid Michaelson
The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
Make you Feel my love - Adele

I expect this list to grow, as does my longing for the upcoming magical moments of my life.